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Field Activity Details for field activity 2024-327-FA

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Other ID: Breton Is. Lidar GCP Survey

Status: Pending

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): James Flocks

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Andrew Farmer, Benjamin Galbraith, Christopher Bemelmans, Chelsea Stalk, Billy Reynolds, Nancy DeWitt

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Profiles, Location-Elevation: LIDAR

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect Ground Control Points (GCP's) used to groundtruth a Lidar flight of Breton Is., LA.

Vehicle(s): Ford Expedition Green, Ford F-250 Stone Grey

Start Port/Location: Biloxi, MS

End Port/Location: Venice, LA

Start Date: 2024-10-07

End Date: 2024-10-15

Equipment Used: Collapsible Tripod, GPS Backpack, Trimble SPS751, Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) DGPS, GPS Tablet, GPS Pole

Information to be Derived: GPS points will be collected around the Island ensuring ample coverage in the various ground cover types found on the Island.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Venice, LA - Breton Is. LA

Boundaries
North: 29.55434513 South: 29.09697706 West: -89.36279297 East: -89.04968262

Platform(s):

photo of Mako (SP)
Mako (SP)
photo of Twin Vee (Jabba Jaw)
Twin Vee (Jabba Jaw)

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Collapsible Tripod --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
GPS Backpack --- Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Trimble SPS751 --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) DGPS --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Profiles
GPS Tablet --- Navigation
Profiles
Transects
GPS Pole --- Navigation
Profiles
Transects

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